Impkovemmt in blanks foe bodies of sheet-metal tea aid coffee-pots



A. MUNN.

Tea'and Cofiee-Pot Blanks.

No. 77,643. v Patented] May 5, 1868.

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WILLIAM A. MUNN OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. l7,643, dated'May 5, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLANKS POR- BODIES OF SHEET-METAL TEA AND COFFEE-POTS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. MUNN, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Tin-Ware; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference markeduthereon, likeletters iridica: ting like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it.

My invention relates toitin-ware, and consists in manufacturing fancyandornamental tin-blanks ready for use in forming the bodies oftea-pots, coffee-pots, and similar articles.

In the drawing- Figure 1 represents a plan view of one of my blanks.

It is well known that of late ycars many useful and valuableimprovements have been made in mechanical devices for manufacturingtin-ware. Many of these improved devices are expensive, and beyond themeans of small manufacturers, and especially of those doing business incountry places, at a distance from large manufaeturing centres. As aconsequence of this state of things, an extensive trade has sprung up inarticles partially manufactured. The different parts going to form anarticle when complete, are purchased at the manufactory, sent or carriedto any place desired, and there puttogether in the ordinary way.

Fer years past, the covers, breasts, and bottoms of kettles, boilers,and similar articles, made-from tin or copper, have been made at thelarge factories by'th'e use of expensive cutting and pressing-mechanism,and sold to the small dealers and manufacturers'as new articles in thetrade. These articles are thus furnished at a much-cheaper rate thanthey cost when made in the ordinary way.

At the present time only the covers and trimmings of tea andcofi'ee-pots are furnished and sold in this way as new articles inthe'trade. ,The bodies of the pots are cut out of the sheet tin afterpatterns, with which each shop has to be provided, and the work has tobe made up plain and without ornament.

The object of my invention is to provide blanks stamped or pressed withfancy and ornamental designs, and cut into suitable shapes for beingformed up at once into the bodies of tea or'coilee-pots, as a newarticle 1 in the trade. By the use of these, small dealers andmanufacturers in the city andin the country canreadily and cheaply makeup fancy and ornamental pets. I

In manufacturing those blanks, I cut out the blanksA from sheettin, ofthe requisite size and shape to make up into tea and coffee-pots of theusual form. These blanks I then stamp or press, in any ordinary way,either with a screw-press or drop-stamp, witha fancy ornamental raisedborder, B, and with raised fancy and ornamental designs, C, surroundedwith a raised border, D, as shown in the drawing.

It is obvious that these designs may be changed, soas to give a varietyof patterns, to suit the taste ofthe V manufacturer orhis customers,

I press or stamp up these designsor figures in such a'manner as not toinjure or mar the tin, so that the pots made up with these blanks willboth last quite as long, but will also be as susceptible of being highlypolished as those made from plain sheet tin. v I v In this way I am ableto furnish a new article in the'trade, andto meet a want long felt bytinmen doing business in a small way, either in our large cities or inthe country. My blanks can be furnishedat a very little advance on theprice of sheet tin. They can be conveniently packed, so that the cost oftransportation will be about the same as sheet tin. With, them smalldealers can make up fancy and ornamental work without the necessityofinvesting their capital in expensive tools; and those residing indistant. parts of the country can have this kind of work made up wheretheylive, and thus save the cost of transporting bulky articles, sobulky, v

in fact, that they cannot be profitably transported. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is As a new article ofmanufacture, tin-blanks to form the bodies of tea and cofi'ee-pots andsimilar articles, when stamped or pressed with fancy and ornamentaldesigns, substantially as herein described. 1

' W. A. MUNN.

Witnesses:

ERNEST KtSHLnn, Aucusr EMIL SIEGMUND.

